Reconciliation 2.0 Would Likely Bust the Budget –…
Even before the ink dried on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), many Republican lawmakers were…
Tag: Government Spending
About That ‘Rugged Individualism’ … – Jonah…
The day before the Trump administration captured and extradited Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro,…
Why DOGE Failed to Slash Spending – Jessica Riedl
The reported disbanding of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)—eight months before the…
On Obamacare, Republicans Negotiate Their Terms of…
When Democrats and Republicans put forward competing Senate bills Thursday to provide enhanced…
Has the 1974 Budget Act Outlived Its Purpose? –…
Once again, Congress failed to pass all—or in this case, any—of its annual government funding bills…
The Fallout From USAID’s Shutdown
While some funding earmarked for aid projects has resumed, bureaucratic reorganizations and the…
Rule by Rolex – The Dispatch
One of the things that most offends me about American political corruption is how cheap our guys…
The Stupidity of Shutdowns – The Dispatch
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The Shutdown Is Over – The Dispatch
That was the state of play for weeks during the shutdown. In September, the Republican-controlled…
We’ll Miss the Filibuster When It’s Gone
There I was, minding my own business last week, when—ding—I received an alert in The Dispatch’s…
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